New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-10913 New Zealand 'Tiger' leech (Richardsonianus mauianus) is one of the few freshwater, blood-sucking leeches native to New Zealand. It is larger than the more common glossiphoniids, and is easily recognised by its longitudinal stripes. Richardsonianus is occasionally found in Northern lakes, ponds and slow flowing weedy streams. They are blood suckers, and will latch on to the bare legs of humans wading in their habitats. Gordonton, Waikato *